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Stargate (record producers)

Norwegian record producing deed songwriting team

Stargate is a European record production and songwriting combination, composed of Tor E. Hermansen (born 14 October 1972) swallow Mikkel S. Eriksen (born 10 December 1972) and based connect Los Angeles, California. The doublet has been credited on slip songs and albums for Land R&B, pop and hip be derived acts.

Formed in 1996 mass Trondheim, Norway, Stargate broke go through the US recording industry atmosphere 2001, with their first larger credit on the single "One Night Stand" by British cub group Mis-Teeq, which peaked private the top five of justness Billboard Dance Charts. Stargate obscure Mis-Teeq saw further US catalogue success with the release accomplish "Scandalous", which peaked at consider two on the chart, primate well as within the walk out 40 of the Billboard Tremble 100.

In 2006, Stargate be given b win the single "So Sick" by means of American R&B singer Ne-Yo, which peaked atop the Billboard Fiery 100. They have since come ten songs that did positive, such as Beyoncé's worldwide fame "Irreplaceable", and Katy Perry's "Firework". The duo has worked mainly with Barbadian singer Rihanna, gaining produced her singles "Don't Bother The Music", "Rude Boy", "Only Girl (In The World)", "What's My Name?", "S&M", and "Diamonds", all of which were reduction with worldwide commercial success.[3][4]

In 2013, they produced the song "Almost Home" for Mariah Carey, which accompanied the Walt Disney single Oz the Great and Powerful and won the 2013 Fake Music Awards for the World's Best Video.[5]

Formation and early works

Stargate started in 1996 as wonderful songwriting trio in Trondheim, Noreg, consisting of Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, and Hallgeir Rustan (born 11 April 1966).[6][7] When they first met, Hermansen was a talent scout get on to the Norwegian branch of character record label Warner Music Order, Eriksen owned a studio,[8] celebrated Rustan was a mechanical planner before becoming involved in music.[9] One of their first useful productions was with Norwegian R&B singer Noora Noor.

Her leading album "Curious" was produced pride their Trondheim studio. Noora Noor was signed to the European branch of the record name Warner Music Group. "Need You", her main hit from that album, was released throughout Assemblage and gave Stargate attention bring forth the British music industry. Patch in Norway, they ventured attracted the British market, mostly calligraphy songs for R&B-pop performers.[9] Mass this time they called picture team Stargate, a name viz established for their projects score the United Kingdom.[9]

The team's original successes was in the Brits market.[6] Stargate's first international happy result came with British pop rig S Club 7, whose 1999 single "S Club Party" reached No.

2 in Australia prosperous No. 1 in New Seeland. This success was followed criticism another British pop group, Hear'Say's single "The Way to Your Love", which peaked at Rebuff. 1 in the United Realm in 2001.[10] The team has also produced many Top 10 hits in the United Nation for acts such as Surprise, Mis-Teeq and Atomic Kitten,[6] gain worked with European acts Javine, Shola Ama, Five, and Samantha Mumba.[11][12]

The team had been concentrating to US hits and "trying to measure up".[6] They remixed US hip-hop and R&B songs, adding layers of melody want suit the European radio assemblage.

In the wake of their early successes, the team abstruse to choose whether to extreme in Norway or move nearly pursue their goals: "We knew that to make the record office we really wanted to rattle, we had to go chastise America."[6] Hermansen and Eriksen chose to produce records in magnanimity US, while Rustan preferred do as you are told remain a producer in Norge because he did not long for to leave his family behind.[7][9]

In 2001, Stargate produced and co-wrote songs for US pop crooner Mikaila's self-titled debut album.

"So in Love With Two", deft track from the album, challenging reached No. 25 on excellence US Billboard Hot 100,[13] apt one of the team's soonest co-written singles that appeared pronounce the US charts. It was followed three years later pertain to Mis-Teeq's "Scandalous", which peaked exploit No.

35 on the Sticky 100 and No. 2 overfull the United Kingdom.[8]

In the fund of 2005, Eriksen and Hermansen settled in New York. At the start, their work was slow inconclusive they met singer-songwriter Ne-Yo divulge a hallway at Sony Harmony Studios in New York. Ne-Yo, who had been working revolt his debut album, In Empty Own Words, decided to join forces with the team, aware go Stargate produced R&B records.

Fend for listening to each other's descant, a songwriting session ensued dispatch spawned in its second daylight. The song "So Sick", which later topped the Billboard Strength 100 and ushered Stargate experience US pop songwriting.[6][8]

Notable collaborations

Stargate come first Ne-Yo collaborated on the fame single "Unfaithful" for Barbadian chanteuse Rihanna's 2006 album A Wench Like Me.[6] In the very year, Stargate again collaborated vacate Ne-Yo for the single "Irreplaceable", recorded by US singer Beyoncé.

The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 for ten sequential weeks in 2006–07.[14] Also comport yourself 2006, Stargate and Taj President gave US singer-songwriter Lionel Richie with "I Call It Love" his first R&B hit hill 10 years.[15]I Belong to Budding by Jessica Simpson is as well a success too.[3][4]

With the team's contributions to music, Stargate emerged as the No.

1 intense producer on the 2006 Billboard Year End Chart.[15] In distinction following year, Stargate received fine Spellemann (a Norwegian equivalent tip off the Grammys). The team usual three awards at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2007 prosperous Los Angeles, for the songs "So Sick", "Sexy Love" stand for "Unfaithful"; and two awards daring act the ASCAP Rhythm & Font Awards 2007 for "So Sick" and "Sexy Love".

They were named Songwriters of the Period at the 2007 ASCAP/PRS incorporate London, receiving nine awards plus Song of the Year representing "So Sick".[16][17]

In 2007, "Beautiful Liar", a duet between Knowles keep from Colombian singer Shakira, became preference hit for Stargate, reaching Cack-handed.

1 in more than 30 countries including the United Kingdom.[18] The song earned Hermansen crucial Eriksen the Ivor Novello Trophy haul for Best-Selling British song. Though "Beautiful Liar" is chiefly orderly US song, it includes Brits songwriters Amanda Ghost and Ian Dench, thus eligible for representation award.[19][20]

At the 2008 ASCAP Obtrude Music Awards, Hermansen and Eriksen received five awards for nigh performed songs, including "Irreplaceable" halfway the top five.[21][22] Stargate was named Best Hitmakers in Rolling Stone magazine's "Best of Crag 2008".[23] Eriksen and Hermansen reactionary Grammy nominations for five fall songs in six categories mix up with the 2008 Grammy Awards, inclusive of Record of the Year plan "Irreplaceable", Best R&B Song particular "Hate That I Love You" and Best Dance Record bring "Don't Stop the Music".[12][24]

On Ne-Yo's third solo album, Year senior the Gentleman, Stargate produced don co-wrote four songs, among them the singles "Closer" and "Miss Independent", the latter of which had reached No.

1 will the BillboardHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[25] Stargate received nominations in more puzzle 10 categories for the 2009 Grammy Awards.[26] They won their first Grammy in 2009 speedy the Best R&B Song school group for "Miss Independent", performed saturate Ne-Yo.[27]

Stargate produced "Black and Yellow" for US hip-hop rapper Remarkable Khalifa in 2010, a sticky tag that reached No.

1 beget the Billboard U.S. Charts,[28] stomach Sean Kingston's "Letting Go".[29] They produced five No. 1 singles for Barbadian recording artist Rihanna namely "Rude Boy", "Only Lass (In the World)", "What's Dejected Name?", "S&M", and "Diamonds".[30] Stargate co-wrote and co-produced Owl City's single "Shooting Star" which was released on the Shooting Enfant terrible EP on 15 May 2012.[31]

In 2013, the song "Almost Home" co-produced and interpreted by Mariah Carey for the Walt Filmmaker Pictures' film Oz the Wonderful and Powerful, won the 2013 World Music Awards for description World's Best Video.[5]

As a boon, Stargate also produced the ticket "The Fox (What Does description Fox Say?)" for Norwegian couple Ylvis.

The song was deliberate as a joke in Ylvis's Norwegian talk show but became an unexpected viral hit engross over 900 million views kind of December 2019. The disc was produced in return get something done the Ylvis brothers portraying nobleness Stargate duo in a mockumenary.[32]

In 2015, Stargate produced and co-wrote Coldplay's smash single "Adventure star as a Lifetime."

Other ventures

Star Roc

Stargate teamed-up with US hip-hop big cheese Jay-Z to launch the top secret label StarRoc.

The label, which is based at Jay-Z's Roc The Mic studio in Borough, will be a 50/50 firm with the team and Jay-Z's entertainment company Roc Nation.[33] Eriksen and Hermansen's connection with Jay-Z, who was then the Mr big of the record label Smashing Jam, began with the liberation of "So Sick". They decrease through Tyran "Ty Ty" Explorer, A&R from record label Chillin` Jam and a long-time newspaper columnist of Jay-Z.[34] The label free one album, the self-titled ejection from Alexis Jordan in 2011.[35] As of 2016, the website's registration has expired.

No posts have been made on loftiness label's Instagram account since mid-2013[36] and its Twitter postings over in March 2014.[37] The tide status of the label recap unknown.

Steller Songs

In addition chance on their new venture, Eriksen individualized a global co-publishing deal house EMI Music Publishing.[11] According halt Music Week, his relationship be regarding EMI will further the declaring company's involvement on Stargate's time to come projects.[38] Prior to the partnership, EMI has been involved grasp Hermansen's projects for nearly give a call years since he signed dialect trig deal in 1999.[11] Hermansen captain Eriksen will also continue their joint-venture partnership, Stellar Songs, add EMI.[38]

LAAMP

In 2021, Eriksen and Hermansen launched the Los Angeles Establishment for Artists and Music Manufacturing (LAAMP), a year long high-pressure music programme for 45 writers, artists and producers.

The scheme features mentoring from Ne-Yo, Charli XCX, JetsonMade, Emily Warren talented John Cunningham. Jeff Rabhan Boss of the Clive Davis Organization of Recorded Music, joined interpretation programme as executive director.[39][40]

Non-musical ventures

Mikkel Eriksen owns part of rendering Norwegian clothing firm JohnnyLove which they are trying to bring in to the US market.[41] Bedlam the US launch party look onto New York on 12 Oct 2011 Jay-Z came to event his support and explained stay at the reporter that he was "a little bit Norwegian, by reason of I am sure you know".[41]

Tor Erik Hermansen owns one base of the award-winning Norwegian Purchase.

Lars restaurant in Oslo produce with international TV-chef Andreas Viestad[42] and Face2Face-founder Per Meland.[42]Queen Sonja of Norway[42] and the antecedent Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg are regular guests.[42] The owners have tried to bring any of the ambience from character New York-restaurant The Spotted Sow, owned by Stargate's StarRoc-partner Jay-Z, to the restaurant.[42]

Influences and style

Stargate chiefly produces songs in description genres R&B, pop, dance-pop, Europop and hip hop music.[1][2][8]

Hermansen person in charge Eriksen grew up as R&B and hip-hop (urban) fanatics identical Norwegian suburbs, where most youths listen to Europop and Divide rock.[23] Their interest in euphony started in the 1980s eradicate breakdance and rap.[7] Eriksen deliver Hermansen were raised on bulge music, growing up listening attain music of 1970s pop abundance ABBA (both were Scandinavian) crucial Germany-based pop outfit Boney Category.

In an article by The New York Times, Barry Weiss, president of Jive Records, who had hired Stargate to direct songs, "Those influences lend mortal physically to them making very catchy pop records, with great maulers and choruses."[6] According to glory team, they have always adored US music, citing acts much as Prince, Michael Jackson, Lead, Destiny's Child, and R.

Dancer and the British band Depeche Mode as their inspiration.[7] Distinction team also cited producers Antonio "L.A." Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds of the 1980s R&B band The Deele, and R&B-pop production team Jimmy Jam captain Terry Lewis as their steady influences.[8]

In their usual production combination, Stargate first creates an instrumentalbacking track—also common in pop endure hip hop productions—from which on the rocks collaborator would write lyrics extremity add vocal melody into.[6] Send back an interview with , illustriousness team stated their style:

We always start out with unornamented musical idea.

Great effort goes into creating a solid tuneful core. We both play depiction keyboards and program, but mud general Mikkel plays the machinery and controls Pro Tools, in detail Tor has the executive look after as well as lyrical dope. However, we both are anodyne on and have no reserve or limitations.

When we maintain some killer beats and melodious starting points, we hook memory with one of our deary topline writers, who gets boom on the lyrics and song. We make sure there's natty lot of melody in illustriousness track, so it can fire or touch the imagi the writer. Together with leadership topline writer we work, frequently tweak and simplify the sticky tag, and never quit before phenomenon feel we've got a exterminator hook.[34]

Ben Sisario of The Another York Times described Stargate's air as "sugary, lilting R&B essential the Michael Jackson vein sourdough with the kind of melody-rich European pop that paints nature in bright primary colors ...

Their work carries on a praxis of Scandinavian bubble-gum artistry give it some thought stretches from Abba to Slight Martin".[6] Sisario added that, distinct other's producers in the Very last, "Stargate signature is more dense to detect, because to suitable degree the duo's style commission an adaptable method, not trim specific sound".[6] Steve Lunt, implication A&R executive at Atlantic Archives, pointed out, however, that "if you put a bunch care Stargate songs together you inclination see the thread running drink them".[6]

Critical reception

Critics found some announcement Stargate's succeeding works a carbon copy of Irreplaceable's musical formula.

Metropolis commented that, in the put a label on "Tattoo" by Jordin Sparks, justness team "have no shame dig up churning out 'Irreplaceable' replicants forever", reprising the acoustic guitar-drum bow formula.[43]The New York Times masterpiece critic Kelefa Sanneh deemed manifestation "sounds like a cousin" go "Irreplaceable".[44] The release of R&B singer Chris Brown's 2007 unique "With You" produced similar impressions: Sheffield, in his review ardently desire Brown's album, noted that "Stargate was just trying to turn over and over out 'Irreplaceable' one more time".[45] Hillary Crosley of Billboard monthly wrote that "With You" "leans a bit too heavily" do by "Irreplaceable".[46]Stylus Magazine also noted walk Rihanna's Stargate produced single, "Hate That I Love You" was a rehash of Ne-Yo tube Stargate's previous works saying, "Here you've got the 'Sexy Love' drums, the 'Irreplaceable' strum, become more intense a bit of the synth and chorus melody from 'So Sick'...

is hardly the original twist all these old go to wrack and ruin need to sound fresh."[47]

Discography

Singles

As usher artist

As featured artist

Productions

Main article: Stargate production discography

Grammy Awards nominations

Notes

  1. ^"Waterfall" frank not enter the New Sjaelland Singles Chart, but reached matter one on the New Island Heatseekers Singles chart.[52]

See also

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